A power Yoga session was organised by the Sports & fitness Vertical Bhopal to spread awareness about Yoga. Ms. Nikita Mandloi who is known as International Yoga Teacher was invited for the activity. Over 800+ members attended the session.

The Dream Start-up Challenge is an initiative of Yi Bhopal Chapter and Atal Incubation Centre (AIC-RNTU) to promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Central India. It is an endeavour to not only showcase the entrepreneurial talent in Central India but also to support and hand-hold the entrepreneurs through the process of formulating a sustainable business model and providing them with an audience that can help them take their ventures to the next level.

The 3rd edition saw over 150 entries out of which 15 have been shortlisted for the final round which is currently ongoing. The young minds are being groomed and shaped by expert speakers to help them better their business models.

The Challenge culminated on the 14th of March 2019 where over 12 start-ups presented their business models in front of a jury and were judged on various parameters. Utkarsh Bhargava from Securign was adjudged the winner for this year. The chapter looks forward to helping and mentoring many more young minds of central India in the coming years.

Yi Bhopal Chapter member, Shradha Suhane, and Project Sabla's chair, Richa Sharma,
organised an awareness session on menstrual hygiene in the slums near
Dana Pani Road, Arera Colony. Women and girls of in and around the slums
participated. Various aspects of a menstrual cycle were talked about
and the resident ladies were educated on the importance of sanitary
napkins. Yi members talked about the need to use sanitary napkins and
the importance of its correct use and disposal.
They also highlighted its importance to ensure a healthy body during
and after a menstrual cycle. The older women were urged to encourage the
younger ones to use sanitary napkins to keep themselves clean and
hygienic at all times. Yi members also clarified doubts and queries
and asked the residents to bust all myths and remove "social evils"
that surround a woman's menstrual cycle. The session came to an end
with a sanitary napkin distribution drive where over 65 packets were
given away free-of-cost to the attendees. The initiative of the Yi Team was appreciated by the women of the slums.

On the 17th of December 2018, Richa Sharma,
Chair - Project Sabla, Yi Bhopal Chapter visited the Central Jail,
Bhopal to conduct an awareness session for the women prisoners. The aim
was to educate the inmates on the need to use sanitary napkins and why
they play an important role in a woman's life. She also talked about the
myths surrounding menstruation and cleared the queries and doubts of
the prisoners. The session was attended by 70 inmates. As promised by
Team Yi Bhopal, the session came to an end with a winter clothes
donation drive for the children residing in the Jail with their mothers.
The young ones were happy to receive their clothes while their mothers
thanked Richa and the entire Yi Team for the support.

Sonali Tiwari, Chair- Project Masoom, Yi Bhopal Chapter, along with members of the Chapter conducted 17 back-to-back awareness sessions on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention at BHEL Vikram Higher Secondary School on the 10th of December 2018. The aim was to educate the young minds on 'safe and unsafe touch' and how to deal with sexual abuse. They were also told who the safe people are in their lives whom they can approach in case they need help. Overall, the sessions helped touch 950 plus lives directly and many more indirectly. It was a successful endeavor and the efforts of the Chapter were appreciated by the school team, students and management. Project Masoom has more sessions lined up for the coming months with the focus on helping as many children as possible and ensuring child sexual abuse prevention.

One cause, 10,000 kms. Pramod Laxam Mahajan is no ordinary person. A 67-year-old with a passion for riding, his aim is to travel 10,000 km on a bike for one cause — to spread awareness on organ donation. An organ donor himself, his visit to Bhopal was definitely a success where Yi, Bhopal Chapter hosted him and helped him reach out to over 1200 people in a direct impact over 44 hours and 8 sessions through Yi's initiative Gift An Organ. The Chair of GAO of Yi, Bhopal Chapter, Prakhar Tiwari along with Co-Chair Ashish Patel, Rakesh Sukhramani (National Chair - Gift An Organ), Dr Rakesh Bhargava, Sonali Tiwari, Amit Soni, Prateek Vats and team made this feat possible. Overall it was a success with many people pledging their organs and leaving with a promise to further spread awareness around this topic.

Richa Sharma, Chair-Project Sabla, Yi Bhopal Chapter, visited the Central Jail where she presented 250 sanitary napkins to the women prisoners. The same was accepted by Dr Sharma. She also interacted with the jail staff and took a round of the premises and understood the needs of the inmates. Currently there are 10 children who stay with their mothers inside the jail and to ensure their comfort during the winters, Yi Bhopal is initiating a donation drive to collect clothes for these children who are aged under 5 years old. The Project will also conduct awareness sessions on hygiene and a few activities for the children in the coming months.

Shweta Kataria, Chair - Yuva, Yi Bhopal Chapter, took an interactive
workshop for the 2nd and 3rd year students of Women's Polytechnic
College. In the workshop, she explained the various dos and don'ts of
interviews and also conducted mock interviews to help students
understand through examples. It was an interesting workshop which ended
with the promise of many such more to further enhance the skills of the
students.